News & Media

Fri 31 July 2015The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has expressed grave concerns about reports today that turtles and sea birds have been found covered in oil near Townsville, following an oil spill on the Great Barrier Reef two weeks ago.

Mon 27 July 2015WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society today said reefs in the path of the oil spill that has washed up on beaches in North Queensland must be checked for damage and ‘rogue’ ships must be banned.

Wed 22 July 2015Felicity Wishart, the high-profile Australian conservationist who played a leading role in campaigns to protect the Great Barrier Reef and Australian rainforests and to stop land clearing in Queensland, has died aged 49.

Tue 21 July 2015The Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Australian environmental movement is in mourning over the sudden and unexpected loss of Felicity ‘Flic’ Wishart who passed away in her sleep on Sunday night aged 50.

Tue 21 July 2015THE Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Australian environmental community is in mourning over the sudden and unexpected loss of Felicity 'Flic' Wishart who passed away in her sleep on Sunday night aged 49.

Sun 19 July 2015Maverick MP George Christensen has apologised, in part, for threatening environment groups that they will lose charity status, a move that could cost them hundreds of millions in tax-deductible income.

Wed 15 July 2015Conservation groups have accused Queensland Nationals MP George Christensen of unparliamentary behaviour by tweeting comments which appear to pre-empt the findings of an inquiry into the charitable status of environment groups.

Wed 15 July 2015Dugongs and turtles that nest around the Tiwi Islands will be put at risk unless the company developing Port Melville takes steps to mitigate the environmental impacts of its operations, three separate environmental groups have claimed.

Tue 14 July 2015Australians have a right to a voice in the debate over the future of developments that impact the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) will tell the Brisbane hearing of a House of Representatives Inquiry into the tax deductibility of donations to environmental charities this morning.

Tue 14 July 2015The Australian Marine Conservation Society has expressed concern that Member for Dawson George Christensen may have already decided to pursue the removal of tax-deductible status from it and other environment groups after tweeting a threat implying that the outcome of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Register of Environment Groups was predetermined.

Tue 14 July 2015LOBBYISTS on both sides of the political debate over the Great Barrier Reef were grilled about funding sources and "misrepresenting facts" during a parliamentary inquiry hearing in Brisbane on Tuesday.

" I joined the Australian Marine Conservation Society because they're the real deal. For 50 years they've been fighting for our seas and getting results: Ningaloo, Great Barrier Reef, new marine protected areas. If you're worried about overfishing, if you're angry about pollution and rapacious coastal development, if you're anxious about endangered species then why not add to the effort? Let's join together and get results. "